International Business News - Mexico http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A federal official says assailants opened fire on the U.S. consulate in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. A spokeswoman for Mexico's Attorney General's office who is not authorized two give her name says shell casings were found outside the consulate. But there are no witnesses and no one is in custody. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/gunmen-open-fire-on-us-consulate-in-mexico.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 02:32:46 EDT Gunmen killed six young men at a family party in the gang-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, prosecutors said Sunday. The men, ages 20 to 25, were killed during a party in a house, said Alejandro Pariente, a spokesman for the regional attorney general's office. The motive for the attack was unknown. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/gunmen-kill-6-at-party-in-northern-mexico.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:35:48 EDT Norbert dissipated into a tropical depression over the northern mountains of mainland Mexico on Sunday, after ripping off roofs, flooding streets, and forcing thousands to seek shelter in Baja California. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/151129-mexico-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/hurricane-norbert-weakens-nears-mexico-mainland.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081012/hurricane-norbert-weakens-nears-mexico-mainland.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:13:14 EDT Gunmen opened fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate attacks, police said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/gunmen-kill-11-in-northern-mexican-bar.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:17:05 EDT Hurricane Norbert slammed into Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula on Saturday with torrential rains and screaming winds, forcing scores of people to flee flooded homes. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/150277-mexico-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/hurricane-norbert-nears-mexicos-baja-california.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081011/hurricane-norbert-nears-mexicos-baja-california.htm Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:02:25 EDT Gunmen opened fire at a bar in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua, killing 11 people, officials said Friday. Also Friday, Miguel Angel Villagomez, the 40-year-old owner and editor of La Noticia newspaper in Lazaro Cardenas, was found shot dead near a highway in western Michoacan state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/gunmen-kill-11-in-northern-mexican-bar.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:14 EDT Mexico's central bank has auctioned off another US$3 billion in foreign reserves, its third auction of the day in an increasingly aggressive bid to boost the sagging peso. In all, the bank sold $6.4 billion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/mexico-auctions-off-more-foreign-reserves-for-peso.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:32:20 EDT Mexico's central bank held three separate auctions to sell US$6.4 billion in foreign currency reserves on Friday in an increasingly aggressive push to boost its sagging peso. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/mexico-auctions-off-3-billion-to-prop-up-peso.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:31:23 EDT Fishermen pulled in their boats and hotels warned tourists away from beaches Friday as Category 2 Hurricane Norbert bore down on Mexico's southern Baja California peninsula. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149634-tropical-weather.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/hurricane-norbert-weakens-slightly-odile-grows.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/hurricane-norbert-weakens-slightly-odile-grows.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:24:24 EDT President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday unveiled plans for 53 billion pesos ($4.4 billion) in emergency spending on roads, schools, hospitals and an oil refinery next year to help Mexico combat the world financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148165-mexico-economy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/mexico-unveils-emergency-spending-to-combat-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/mexico-unveils-emergency-spending-to-combat-crisis.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:47:00 EDT Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by grenade-lobbing gunmen who fired more than 800 bullets in the attack, authorities said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148425-mexico-violence.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/mexico-16-killed-in-rough-border-state.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/mexico-16-killed-in-rough-border-state.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:10:47 EDT President Felipe Calderon on Wednesday unveiled plans for $4.4 billion in emergency spending on roads, schools, hospitals and an oil refinery next year to help Mexico combat the world financial crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147785-mexico-economy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/mexico-unveils-4-4-billion-in-emergency-spending.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/mexico-unveils-4-4-billion-in-emergency-spending.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:22:14 EDT Mexico's central bank said Wednesday it was auctioning off US$2.5 billion in reserves to prop up the struggling peso, the strongest sign yet that the U.S. economic meltdown was hitting its southern neighbor hard. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/mexico-brazil-prop-up-struggling-currencies.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:29:51 EDT Hurricane Norbert strengthened Wednesday into a powerful Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast as it churned on a path expected to take it over the southern half of the Baja California peninsula this weekend. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/norbert-becomes-category-4-hurricane-in-pacific.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:24:56 EDT Small details matter to rancher Ed Tinsley, the Republican nominee in the 2nd Congressional District race. He'll pore over contracts, analyzing fine print to ensure he understands what he's studying. It's a trait Tinsley attributes to his law school training, an asset he feels will serve him well in the House of Representatives. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147554-new-mexico-house-race.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/us-house-race-in-nm-pits-oilman-against-rancher.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/us-house-race-in-nm-pits-oilman-against-rancher.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:48:27 EDT A 450-kilogram (990-pound), bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147234-mexico-half-ton-man.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/half-ton-mexican-man-dies-after-pleading-for-help.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/half-ton-mexican-man-dies-after-pleading-for-help.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:48:40 EDT A top Mexican finance official says the government will revise its 2009 budget to ease the impact of the current global financial crisis. Deputy Finance Minister Jose Antonio Meade says the government will change growth, inflation and oil price forecasts and adjust interest rate targets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/mexico-to-revise-2009-budget-to-ease-crisis-spread.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:57:40 EDT A 450-kilogram (990-pound), bedridden man who had appealed on Mexican television for help tackling his weight problem died Tuesday of heart failure, his family said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146999-mexico-half-ton-man.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/half-ton-mexican-man-dies-after-pleading-for-help.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/half-ton-mexican-man-dies-after-pleading-for-help.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:19:25 EDT Wal-Mart de Mexico SA on Tuesday said third-quarter profit fell 2 percent as consumer confidence dipped amid a global economic slowdown. Net income fell to 3.27 billion (about US$266 million) in the third quarter, down from 3.34 billion pesos in the year-ago period, the Mexico City-based retailer announced in an earnings report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/wal-mart-de-mexico-3q-profit-falls-2-percent.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:29:26 EDT Mexico's powerful drug cartels are buying drugs directly from Colombia's main rebel group, a senior Colombian defense official said Tuesday at a hemispheric meeting on crime. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146799-mexico-attorney-generals.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/official-links-mexican-drug-gangs-colombia-rebels.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/official-links-mexican-drug-gangs-colombia-rebels.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:45:34 EDT